Francis Bland Explained

Birth Name:Francis Armand Bland
Honorific-Suffix:CMG
Constituency Mp:Warringah
Parliament:Australian
Predecessor:Percy Spender
Successor:John Cockle
Term Start:28 April 1951
Term End:2 November 1961
Birth Date:1882 8, df=y
Birth Place:Macdonaldtown, New South Wales
Death Place:Burwood, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality:Australian
Party:Liberal Party of Australia
Children:Henry Bland
Occupation:Public servant, advisor

Francis Armand Bland, CMG (24 August 18829 April 1967) was an Australian politician.

Life and career

Born in Sydney, Bland was educated at state schools at Greigs Flat, Peakhurst and Kogarah and then at the University of Sydney. He became a New South Wales public servant, and then a lecturer at the University of Sydney in 1913. In 1928 he became an adviser to the Premier of New South Wales, Thomas Bavin (Nationalist), and remained in that position during the second administration of Jack Lang (NSW Labor) and the beginning of the administration of Bertram Stevens (UAP). In 1935 he became a Professor of Public Administration, as well as an editor and author. In 1951, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for the safe seat of Warringah, holding the seat until his retirement in 1961. Bland died in 1967.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carr . Adam . Australian Election Archive . Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive . 2008 . 31 May 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070717093439/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/ . 17 July 2007 .
  2. bland-francis-armand-9525 . Bland, Francis Armand (1882–1967) . 12 February 2019.